Fattoush

The days are getting shorter, it rained on and off all week and all of the sudden the light has changed. This week the younger students K-2 made Fattoush - a vegetable salad with stale pita bread.  We used pita chips, cucumbers, roast zucchini, tomatoes, roast peppers, olives, fresh mozzarella and feta cheese.  You can use any combination of fresh and roasted vegetables in this salad, I like to use eggplant in this salad but thought that it would not be popular with the kids.  I have added a link for a recipe from King Arthur Flour in case you want to see a recipe
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/fattoush-recipe

A Persimmon Tree 

I am always sad when summer peaches are absolutely and completely gone but they are replaced by other wonderful fruits like pomegranates and persimmons.  The older students made a green salad with pomegranate seeds, pumpkin seeds, persimmons, oranges and avocados with a balsamic vinegar dressing.  I think that about 20 kids might have eaten three pounds of lettuce so either the salad tasted good or they were ravenous or possibly both.

Kale, Onions, Celery and Collards growing in the Peralta Gardens

We used lettuce and greens from the garden for the salads